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BocaHoo91

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Yes our definitions are different. News orgs get facts wrong from time to


time and there are corrections issued and processes in place to reduce their chances of getting things wrong. Getting a story wrong is not "fake news"

An example of "fake news" for me is Tucker Carlson, back in march, saying "almost 4 thousand people have died after being vaccinated". While it's technically true that 4 thousand people died after being vaccinated, what he doesn't say is that 4K deaths is also the EXPECTED number of people to have died after being vaccinated based the number of people vaccinated and the normal mortality rate per 100K Americans that happens just in any given year. That is intentionally omitting relevant information in an attempt to deliberately mislead his audience into thinking 4K people died from getting the vaccine.

(In response to this post by Folly Beach Hokie)

Posted: 11/19/2021 at 3:40PM



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